“You’re to go alone, the village is small and there will be no risk to you along the way.”

“Yes father,” Arthur replied, nodding his head at the instructions which he was unsure of how to take.

“You may take your manservant, of course, and your horse - I expect you to arrive back in time for the banquet tomorrow evening.”

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“That’s it!” He called between breaths which were coming much quicker than ever before during training. He did not have time to register his surprise; blows from the fast-flying sword were becoming much more difficult to dodge.

“Very impressive,” he continued, but he spoke to fill the void of anything but the sound of metal through the wind - the ( Read more... )

“Merlin,” an exasperated Arthur sighed from above the boy with his back on the ground, “Merlin, are you going to actually fight me any time soon or should I just call for the scarecrow instead?”

Merlin grunted, propping his tired body up on his elbows, taking the helmet off and wiping sweat from his forehead.

“Because at the moment, it’d be more of a ( Read more... )